News articles tagged with 'palaeontologist' (Page 6)
Earth's ecosystem has been complex for hundreds of millions of years
— 21 Mar 2008 21:31 | Geology and palaeontologyTwo palaeontologists studying ancient fossils they excavated in the South Australian outback argue that Earth's ecosystem has been complex for hundreds of millions of years - at least…
New meat-eating dinosaur duo from Sahara unveiled
— 14 Feb 2008 00:01 | Geology and palaeontologyTwo new 110 million-year-old dinosaurs unearthed in the Sahara Desert highlight the unusual meat-eaters that prowled southern continents during the Cretaceous Period. Named Kryptops…
Dinosaur from Mexico offers insight into ancient life
— 12 Feb 2008 17:00 | Geology and palaeontologyA new species of dinosaur unearthed in Mexico is giving scientists fresh insights into the ancient history of western North America, according to an international research team led…
Bonn scientists simulate dinosaur digestion in the lab
— 6 Feb 2008 19:35 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists from the University of Bonn are researching which plants giant dinosaurs could have lived off more than 100 million years ago. They want to find out how the dinosaurs were…
Avian origins: new analysis confirms ancient beginnings
— 6 Feb 2008 10:54 | Geology and palaeontologyDid modern birds originate around the time of the dinosaurs' demise, or have they been around far longer? The question is at the centre of a sometimes contentious 'rocks versus clocks'…
Mongolian palaeontologists with a dream come to Montana State University
— 17 Jan 2008 02:24 | Geology and palaeontologyJack Horner has flown to Mongolia the past three summers to search for dinosaur bones. Now three members of his field crew have joined him at Montana State University to start developing…
Rise of dinosaurs in Late Triassic more gradual than once thought
— 20 Jul 2007 10:09 | Geology and palaeontologyFossils discovered in the oft-painted arroyos of northern New Mexico show for the first time that dinosaurs and their non-dinosaur ancestors lived side by side for tens of millions…
New mammal from Mesozoic Era discovered
— 15 Mar 2007 02:52 | Geology and palaeontologyAn international team of American and Chinese palaeontologists has discovered a new species of mammal that lived 125 million years ago during the Mesozoic Era, in what is now the Hebei…
Caribbean extinctions occurred 2M years after apparent cause
— 12 Mar 2007 23:17 | Geology and palaeontologySmithsonian scientists and colleagues report a new study that may shake up the way palaeontologists think about how environmental change shapes life on Earth. The researchers summarised…